;;i GYPSY AND P>K< >\\ N-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



\, -,- season's \\ork -honld include the general use of the 

 burlap on all trees in the town, while considerable spraying will 

 rv in ccrlain district-. 



BUKLI.VGTOX. 



\V. \V. SKKI.TOX, 



Serious infe-tation ,.f this town continues, although the num- 

 ber- "f moths have been greatly reduced on street trees and 

 iv-ideiitial sections. In the woods the gypsy moth has increased 

 in numbers, the colonies in the Cummingsville section being the 

 nio-t serious. In the woodlands which were thinned out and 

 treated last year a notable gain has been made; those which were 

 ii"i so treated are in a worse condition at present than ever 

 heretofore. 



\V--rk against the brown-tail moth early in the year was 

 t'.. 11. .wed by the burlapping of trees in the gypsy moth colonies, 

 and a limited amount <>f spraying was done with a hand outfit 

 in the -oiitheni j.art of the town. 



The work in this town has been ably managed, but large 

 expenditures will be required here next year. 



The purchase of a power sprayer is recommended. 



CAMBRIDGE. 

 J. F. DONNELLY, Local Superintendent. 



The wnrk in this city during the past year has been carried 

 .11 in a iivnerally .satisfactory manner, the largest number of 

 men employe. 1 at any one time being 105. The residential 

 di-trici- during the early part of the year were cleared of the 

 iiyp-y and hrown-lail moth>, and later on the important infested 



ion- \\.-iv hiirlaj>]ied, while a eon-iderahlu amount of spray- 

 in- \\a- .lone (in the worst -in fesied private estates. In the 



ions so treated the fall in-pection shows not over 20 per 



c.-ni. a- many i:.\ p-y moths as in I'.H).". ; and, had it been possible 



to carry on ihis woi'k in the entire city in the same manner, 



donl.il.--- e.|iially as ^ ..... 1 results would have been obtained. 



The work of cleaning the -live! i rees is now in progress, and 



have a H ranee- that this will be followed up by vigorous 



